Playing The Last of Us Part II is Much Better Now After Watching The Show

Has HBO's The Last of Us show changed fans' thoughts on Naughty Dog's sequel, The Last of Us Part II? Maybe.

[Snookies12]

"Has HBO's The Last of Us show changed fans' thoughts on Naughty Dog's sequel"

Nope, my thoughts have always been the same. It was a masterpiece when it launched, and it has remained that way ever since. The only real flaw of this game, was the pacing. After hitting Abby's section, it kind of dragged a bit early on. I still maintain that this game was better than the first in just about every way other than pacing.

[InUrFoxHole]

I disagree. Thought part 2's story was trash.

[CoNn3rB]

I didn't hate the story but I wasn't a fan of how it was told, the switch half way through from Ellie to Abby was a massive momentum killer for me. It's one of those games where it's great to reflect upon and think about the themes but in that moment it's almost like starting over again and that's just not satisfying.

[ravens52]

Great fn game. Great story!

[TheKingKratos]

Agreed, one of the best games ever made

[anast]

How many story beats per gameplay hour(s) does it take to have a well paced story?

I hated it when I had to switch to Ellie in Part I, but then I started to like Ellie. The same thing happened to me when I had to switch from Ellie to Abby.

[raWfodog]

I also loved Part 2's story. Of course it was not popular with a whole lot of fans, but I enjoyed it as it shook up our expectations. Not many games look at the other side of a story in such a visceral way. The original game made every one fall in love with Joel and Ellie so it was easy to see why many hated the events in the sequel. But I thought it added more to the game world as it showed how 'The Last of Us' refers to more than our favorite dynamic duo.

[isarai]

LMAO WUT?

The game tells the story better than the show imo

[-Foxtrot]

Yeah like the show literally rushes the entire first game in only 9 episodes…well actually 7 episodes as two of them are flashbacks. The fallback to this is that they changed so much to get to the end as quick as they can:

Tess for example. She’s fantastic in the games but the show does her no justice at all. The change to her death is just plain awful, there’s no emotion to it, even Joel in the show literally just runs off but in the games he hesitates until she screams to him to go. Then you have the silly tendril kiss compared to her taking on a small group of FEDRA soldiers knowing she’s going to be shot down but she does it to take as many of them down to let Joel get away.

[Kosic]

The show was alright. But the acting was terrible. The choice of actors were also terrible, as they don't really look close to their counter parts.

Part 2 over stayed it welcome. With the big shock value and then following a group of teens seeking revenge for 25 hours, it got a tad boring towards the end.
Ellie was a good character in part 1, but in part 2, she wasn't inspiring at all along with her group of friends. It was the game world for me that made part 2 good. But I was so disheartened that they took away one of the better characters early on into the game, this was one of the sole reasons I disliked part 2.

[senorfartcushion]

I thought the show was much worse than the first game, to the point where it made me think "how much of this story did Bruce Straley think of?"

It must be the only explanation because whoever wrote TLOU 2 and the TV show (similar people, including Neil Druckmann) did not know how to properly build on/ adapt the premise of the first game.

Either Neil Druckmann, be he a writer or a consultant on the scripts, did not understand the first game, or he totally opposed what made it biting and relevant on purpose.

[Stanjara]

They ruined the first game with awful agenda.
Part2 and the show were absolute garbage!

[sadraiden]

Nice pfp dweeb.

[F0XH0UND922]

What's the"agenda" you're referring to?

[Stanjara]

The agenda that you are defending and paying... as a grown man.

[where-eagles-dare]

The TV show in my opinion is complete garbage. The last of us part 1 is one of my favourite games of all time. The sequel to me is an absolute depression simulator. Technical marvel but sadly a god awful story.

[F0XH0UND922]

Why was the story awful?

[anast]

There is no way anyone commenting on this game in this thread can answer that question. I have asked many times since the game released and I haven't got an answer yet.

[where-eagles-dare]

The writing is dreadful.The characters are loathsome. As I said it is a depression simulator.You two are not respecting my opinion that I don't like the game.

The directing and pacing are not on point.

The ending is atrocious. I shall not be giving, as you wish, a blow by blow account of the story, as I do not wish to enter spoiler territory. 'Bigot sandwich' that is Pulitzer prize f*cking material right there.

[F0XH0UND922]

Man, what a triggered and weird response. You can have whatever minority opinion you want of the game but at least be able to back it up when asked. Characters are loathsome? Not a chance. You're mad that a zombie apocalyptic game isn't happy? Okay. Pacing could be better but that doesn't make game unbearable in any way. The ending is not atrocious As much as you might not like it, the ending has its merits.

[where-eagles-dare]

No the only one that is triggered is you because you have no respect for someone who has a difference of opinion that loved the first game but found the sequel depressing with unlikable characters.

I'm not asking for the sequel to be all rainbows and lollipops and happy in a zombie apocalypse but at the same time I don't want to be depressed and miserable for 24 hours playing with loathsome characters and a disjointed storyline that I hated.

I did back up what I said, reading comprehension and the opinions of others obviously isn't your strong point.

It just p*sses me off that nobody on here is allowed to have any dislike or critcism for the game & instead we should all be worshipping at the feet of Neil Drukman.

[CrimsonWing69]

It was great before the show,

[anast]

Great show and great game.

[Fonsecap]

Didn't played it for only one reason, I liked Joel as a character with all its flaws and emotional problems and he is not a playable character...

[Rhythmattic]

lol.. My comment was considered spam, because Im woke, not asleep.
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